Author: Bill Watterson Genre: Comic, humour, fiction Rating: * * * * * (5=great.......1=don’t touch) Date: 28/3/11 Plot summary: A group of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. Calvin is a young boy who thinks that he’s smart and handsome and he loves playing in the snow. Hobbes is Calvin’s soft-toy Tiger who Calvin imagines comes to life.
Personal response: I rate this book 5/5 because it’s humorous, it’s easy to read, the pictures are simple and there isn’t too many things going on in them, I think it’s an enjoyable book to read, I think that other kids think that it’s a good book and it is a good book for people that aren’t in a very serious mood or if you just want to read a book that will make you laugh and won’t make you feel angry or sad.
Calvin and Hobbes 'There's Treasure Everywhere' by Bill Watterson
Beka Cooper 'Terrier'
Author: Tamora Pierce Genre: Police, Magic, Teen fiction Rating: * * * * (5=great, 1=don't touch) Date: 12/4/11 Plot summary: A story about a 16 year-old girl (Beka Cooper) who is a Puppy(a trainee Dog) with her Dogs(Policemen or women) Matthias Tunstalland Clara Goodwin on the Evening watch in the lower city. She finds out about two terrible crimes and it is up to her and her Dogs to put a stop to them.
Personal response: I give this book 4/5 because I like how it's written, the storyline, how it describes some things and the magical-realistic mix in it. I think that the Author could have been a bit more descriptive about some things.
Plot summary: Beka is a Dog, and when her male partner is injured, she and her female partner have to go to port Caynn to try to stop mysterious colemongering.
Personal response: I gave this book 5/5 because I like the plot, the mix of genre and the description. Some of the words seemed made-up, but there is a glossary at the back which explains those words. I think that the author has used more description in this book than they did in the first book. I find the ending of this book good and it made me want to read the next book.
Beka Cooper 'Bloodhound' by Tamora Pierce
MYST, The Book of Atrus
Authors: Rand and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove
Genre: Science Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: (5=great, 1=don't touch)
Date: 26/5/11
Plot summary: Atrus, who is living in a desert cleft
with his grandmother, Anna, next to a volcanoe, get's
taken from his life to a new one in the ruins of D'ni,
by his father Gehn (said as Gain), Who teaches him to
'write', to make worlds by writing in a special kind of
book. But when him and his father have a
disagreement, Atrus realizes that there is a dark side
to 'writing', which his father intends to use to gain
power which he craves.
Personal response: I think that this book has good
description, a good plot, and that it has good use of the
few pictures that it has in it. If you haven't played any
of the 'MYST' games then you might find some of the
things in this book a bit hard to understand.
Something that I think the Authors should've written
about more is explaning the things in this book that
don't get explaned by the characters such as 'The great
D'ni quake' and maybe some D'ni words. If you are a
person who likes adventure and some very made-up
things in books then this would be a good book for
you. (If you can find it, it is a very old and forgotten
book so it would be very hard to get.)
I do have a copy of this book but it is very precious to
my dad which might mean that I can't lend it to anyone
to read.
MYST, The Book of Atrus by Rand and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove.
Plot summary: The famous five go down to the Cornish coast with the intentions of not doing any adventuring. However, when the children discover that someone is lighting the light up in the old lighthouse used by ’the Wreckers’ a long time ago, the children set themselves a quest to figure out who it is. They then find out that the grouchy old Guv’nor of ‘The Barnies' might have something to do with it.
Personal response: I quite liked this book because it has good illustrations and I like the plot. I also really like Enid Blyton’s books and they have good description. Something that I think could’ve made the book better would be to have the illustrations closer to the text that they seem to be relating to. I wouldn’t recommend this book to higher-level readers as most of the words are quite simple and older readers might find that the story goes a bit slowly compared to the books that they like.
The Famous Five: Five Go Down To The Sea by Enid Blyton
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: * (5=great, 1=don't touch)
Date: 3/08/11
Plot summary: Harry has been living with the Dursleys for 10 years and it is a surprise to him when he is told that he will go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When he gets there he finds out that someone is trying to get past a 3-headed dog to get through the trapdoor beneath it. He then gets completes the series of challenges that lie beyond that trapdoor to try to save whatever is being hidden. Only to find that Voldemort has gotten there first...
Personal Response: I gave this book 5/5 because I think that it has a good plot and good characters and description. I really enjoyed this book and I think that it has a good level of humour as well. I would reccomend this book to anyone because I think that its a good book for readers of all levels. Its not a book where it is constantly changing the scene and/or time and it has lots of great cliff-hanger endings to chapters and some paragraphs. I loved this book and it's a great book for me to read more than once.
'There's Treasure Everywhere'
Author: Bill Watterson
Genre: Comic, humour, fiction
Rating: * * * * * (5=great.......1=don’t touch)
Date: 28/3/11
Plot summary: A group of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. Calvin is a young boy who thinks that he’s smart and handsome and he loves playing in the snow. Hobbes is Calvin’s soft-toy Tiger who Calvin imagines comes to life.
Personal response: I rate this book 5/5 because it’s humorous, it’s easy to read, the pictures are simple and there isn’t too many things going on in them, I think it’s an enjoyable book to read, I think that other kids think that it’s a good book and it is a good book for people that aren’t in a very serious mood or if you just want to read a book that will make you laugh and won’t make you feel angry or sad.
Beka Cooper 'Terrier'
Author: Tamora Pierce
Genre: Police, Magic, Teen fiction
Rating: * * * * (5=great, 1=don't touch)
Date: 12/4/11
Plot summary: A story about a 16 year-old girl (Beka Cooper) who is a Puppy(a trainee Dog) with her Dogs(Policemen or women) Matthias Tunstalland Clara Goodwin on the Evening watch in the lower city. She finds out about two terrible crimes and it is up to her and her Dogs to put a stop to them.
Personal response: I give this book 4/5 because I like how it's written, the storyline, how it describes some things and the magical-realistic mix in it.
I think that the Author could have been a bit more descriptive about some things.
Beka Cooper 'Bloodhound'
Author: Tamora Pierce
Genre: Police, magic, teen fiction
Rating: * * * * * (5=great, 1=don't touch)
Date: 21/5/11
Plot summary: Beka is a Dog, and when her male partner is injured, she and her female partner have to go to port Caynn to try to stop mysterious colemongering.
Personal response:
I gave this book 5/5 because I like the plot, the mix of genre and the description. Some of the words seemed made-up, but there is a glossary at the back which explains those words. I think that the author has used more description in this book than they did in the first book.
I find the ending of this book good and it made me want to read the next book.
Beka Cooper 'Bloodhound' by Tamora Pierce
MYST, The Book of Atrus
Authors: Rand and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove
Genre: Science Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: (5=great, 1=don't touch)
Date: 26/5/11
Plot summary: Atrus, who is living in a desert cleft
with his grandmother, Anna, next to a volcanoe, get's
taken from his life to a new one in the ruins of D'ni,
by his father Gehn (said as Gain), Who teaches him to
'write', to make worlds by writing in a special kind of
book. But when him and his father have a
disagreement, Atrus realizes that there is a dark side
to 'writing', which his father intends to use to gain
power which he craves.
Personal response: I think that this book has good
description, a good plot, and that it has good use of the
few pictures that it has in it. If you haven't played any
of the 'MYST' games then you might find some of the
things in this book a bit hard to understand.
Something that I think the Authors should've written
about more is explaning the things in this book that
don't get explaned by the characters such as 'The great
D'ni quake' and maybe some D'ni words. If you are a
person who likes adventure and some very made-up
things in books then this would be a good book for
you. (If you can find it, it is a very old and forgotten
book so it would be very hard to get.)
I do have a copy of this book but it is very precious to
my dad which might mean that I can't lend it to anyone
to read.
The Famous Five: Five Go Down To The SeaAuthor: Enid Blyton
Genre: Adventure, children’s fiction
Rating: (5=great, 1=don’t touch)
Date: 8/06/11
Plot summary: The famous five go down to the Cornish coast with the intentions of not doing any adventuring. However, when the children discover that someone is lighting the light up in the old lighthouse used by ’the Wreckers’ a long time ago, the children set themselves a quest to figure out who it is. They then find out that the grouchy old Guv’nor of ‘The Barnies' might have something to do with it.
Personal response: I quite liked this book because it has good illustrations and I like the plot. I also really like Enid Blyton’s books and they have good description. Something that I think could’ve made the book better would be to have the illustrations closer to the text that they seem to be relating to. I wouldn’t recommend this book to higher-level readers as most of the words are quite simple and older readers might find that the story goes a bit slowly compared to the books that they like.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: * (5=great, 1=don't touch)
Date: 3/08/11
Plot summary: Harry has been living with the Dursleys for 10 years and it is a surprise to him when he is told that he will go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When he gets there he finds out that someone is trying to get past a 3-headed dog to get through the trapdoor beneath it. He then gets completes the series of challenges that lie beyond that trapdoor to try to save whatever is being hidden. Only to find that Voldemort has gotten there first...
Personal Response: I gave this book 5/5 because I think that it has a good plot and good characters and description. I really enjoyed this book and I think that it has a good level of humour as well. I would reccomend this book to anyone because I think that its a good book for readers of all levels. Its not a book where it is constantly changing the scene and/or time and it has lots of great cliff-hanger endings to chapters and some paragraphs. I loved this book and it's a great book for me to read more than once.
Reading logs by Caitlin